Bar for plow-points.



B. HAIMAN. BAR FOR PLQW POINTS. APPLICATION rum) JULY 25,1912.

1,053,493, A Patented Feb. 18,1913.

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d i g INVE-NTO R 7' 14 4 6 BY Elias Haj-um 3 E. HAIMAN.

BAR FOR PLOW POINTS. APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1912.v

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ELIAS EAIMAN, =0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE EMPIRE PLOW COMPANY, OF

CLEVELAND, OHIO. A CORPORATION.

BAR ron rLow-rom'rs.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAs HAIMAN, citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State 5 of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bars for Plow-Points, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Plow points of the general character to which the present invention relates have heretofore been 'made' by several methods, such as casting and by ,Welding separate pieces together. The welding process contemplated the shearing off of a flat strip of steel from a suitable plate and beveling the front edge and bending the pieceto .the desired shape, and the next step wasto cut a land side bar from a piece made [up for this purpose and after splitting same and. possibly otherwise putting it in shape subjecting the two pieces to welding conditions in a. die and furnace wherein the said pieces were heated to a fluxing state. I Then after the desired effects were obtained the welding operation was completed with a drop' hammer. Several material objections to this latter method of making points are recognized, amongwhich are the fierce heat to which the men are exposed in getting the stock to a welding con- 30 paratively littleto show for a days work.

Then in addition and as affecting the quality of the product, a lower carbon steel was usually-employed than should-have been so as to stand the intense welding heat reuired with the least possible ex osure or danger. It was also found that a ter welding. in this way the points would often be covered over more or less with pits which had to be ground out at a great expense of time and increased cost of production. By my course of manufacture I avoid these and kindred objections as I proceed with cold metal. I I Referring to the drawings,Figure 1 is a perspective view .of one form of a specially manufactured bar or piece of steel from which my point is adapted to be developed, and Fig. 2 is a perspective-view of said bar or piece in dotted lines and showing a single point in full lines as cut therefrom. Flg.

3 is .a',plan view of a plate of greater length than in Fig. 1 and showing stock for at least I three points which also are outlined therein as well as the blank sections for saidzpoints;

Fig. 4 is a land side elevation of Fig. 3, but showing the point incomplete. Fig. 5 is a rear view of the point in full lines and an edge view 'in dotted lines before bending, and Fig. 6- is an inside or bottom view of the point serving to show the exact outline thereof at its edges. Fig. 7 is a front elevation further illustrating the outlines of the point. Fig. 8 is a top view. Fig. 9 shows a modification of the plate or bar which is of the channel iron form and of greater width than in Figs. 1 and 3 and has two edges instead of one for the land side of the point, thus providing for. two sets of points to be cut from the sides thereof. Fig. 10 is an end elevation of F ig. 9. Fig. 11 shows a channel plate or bar narrower than F ig. 10 and with two land side edges and adapted to cut points from bothv edges alternately, the point. being shown in outline as also in 'Fig. 9. Fig. 12 is an 'end elevation of Fig.

11. Figs. 13, 14 and 15 show end elevations of other and diflerentforms of plates which can be .employed for my; purposes and in which the land side edges are at certain incllnationsto the flat bodies of said bars.

' It will be seen that each and all of the said plates indicated by a,d,fe, f, g and h roper insu'ccessively have the share sides y 3, and

dicated by 2 and the land sides thatqthere is a special and substantially V- shaped edge or angle 4 standing out at the junction of the portions 2 and 3 and adapted to form the cutting edge between them, as clearly seen in several figures. In Figs. 1 and 2 it is especially apparent that the said .\/-shaped edge has one side running into the land side of the point and the otherinto the more or less fiat share proper as also is clear in Fig. 2. The said bar or plate in whichever of the several forms shown is rolled from a high quality of steel and worked up cold to the shape and size' desired. I pre-- fer the double-edged style of bars because they can be worked up with less scrap than the others but otherwise there is no material difference. As a first step -I usually cut the bar into blanks on straight lines, say as seen at w-a.', Fig. 3, and on corresponding lines in Figs. 9 and 11, the blank in Fig. 9 being adapted to have two points out therefrom. Having developed said blank I proceed to produce the point therefrom. This comprises several steps, such as shearing out the share velop a share corresponding substantially to theside shown in elevation Fig. 4:. Or I may shear on the said line yy, originally and not cut a blank on the lines ww, and the Waste or scrap will be the same in either case. As to these several steps or the order in which they are taken, there is necessarily the usual manufact-u'rers latitude and one or the other may be taken first or last and not change the result. The said share or blank is further out atthe end as on line 2-2, Fig. 3.

-"In Fig. 4. the land side is shown as'cutsomewhat diagonally lengthwise with an upward curve at its middle. This is the first step in the development of this side and the next is to place the blank under a die and straighten the curved line 7 and at the same time give a proper curvature to the land cutting edge 4 at the top. In this operation the entire point may also be more or less'curved from said edge 4 inward as the shape of thesame requires. Or I may anticipate this bending operation in dies by using a bar which is bent at the middle to the desired curvature between the edges 6 and 12 particularly, and whatever remains to be done can be accomplished in suitable dies. I also prefer to roll the several forms or styles ofbars shownwith. fillets'8 on the under side in the angle between the portions 2 and 3 to add strength and durability. to the point. Furthermore, my improved point or share is absolutely smooth over every portion of its surface as the result of my .manufacture, and there are no pitsor depressions to be ground out nor other defects to remedyg and the point takes and holds a higher grade of finish than formerly The front cutting or share edge 6 and the duck" bill point can be developed in one ormore sets of'dies in which operation' the share or point may also be bent and the angular relation of the portions 2 andB changed relatively as shown in Fig. 5. This operation is the only one in which the point is heated at all and then not to awelding heat but rather so as to facilitate bending and shaping the shareto a finish.

Obviously the land slde may be made rela- 4 '"tivelylighter than shown or of the same thickness as the'other portion of the point. 'but: it would not'have the same length of It is to be espe-.

cially noticed that the A shaped land cutservice as a. heavier one.

ting edge 4 is a formation which is'flush with the land side 3 on itsouter sidebut and a portion of the finished point or artically unserviceable.

eashes same out afterward as a distinct ,step in manufacture, and any attempt to do so or to produce said edge from the stock in the point blank would simply gall and weaken the point in the angle and render it practi- I find, therefore, that in order to produce a plow point having a positive advance cutting edge as shown herein and which stands out in relief from the share and is adapted to out much like a coulter the same must be developed in the bar as an original formation, the same as the land side and the share side of the bar. Then,- having such a bar, I can proceed with the manufacture of the point from step to step as shown and described until the perfected and original article is produced and as foreshadowed in outline in Fig. 2. What I claim is: 1. As anew article of manufacture and sale, a-bar from which'to form plow points having portions at an angle to each other corresponding to the land Side and the 'share side of the polnt, respectively,- and the said barhaving a substantially A shaped edge standing bodily above the plane of the said share side at the land side edge thereof.

'2. A bar from which to form plow points, the same having a flat and relatively thin body corresponding to the shareof the point to be formed and a side portion at an angle thereto of greater thickness than said body adapted to form' the land side of the point and a substantially I\ shaped edge between said body and said side port on flush with said: side portion on its outslde and raised 'bodily above the top surface of the said body. n

3. A bar for making plow points therefrom having a flat relatively thin plate shaped body and-a side portion substan-' tiallv twice the thickness of said body and at an angle thereto and having a A shaped edge between said portions on one side and a fillet in the angle between said portions on the other side.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELIAS Witnesses:

E. M. FISHER, F. MUSSUN.

HAIMAN. 

